USB Cable Roundto Dual Positions 3. There’s no word on a price or release date yet (we’ll update this post when we find out), but for more info, check out the Rode website. USB to Headphone Microphone Stereo Audio Splitter Adapter,Cable USB Sound Adapter 7.1 Channel &USB to Dual 3.5mm Mic & Earphone Jack. It’s also compatible with the entire rode app suite, including the recently released Rode Connect, Rode Central and the Rode Reporter smartphone recording app.

It’s compatible with Mac, Windows, iOS and Android devices and comes with USB-A, USB-C and Lightning cables (Yay! no having to buy extra cables!). It’s a lot less hassle than plugging a phantom-powered XLR shotgun mic into a mixer and then the computer’s line input on the motherboard (which is how I used to do it). Since I started using the VideoMic NTG as a USB audio source on my computer, it’s pretty much all I’ve used for voiceovers recorded in Audition because it requires so little work in post and no noise reduction to remove hiss at all. If I sound excited about this, it’s because I am. If you’re a vlogger who uses a smartphone, a live streamer who plugs microphones into the computer’s analogue audio inputs or even if you just want better quality Skype and Zoom calls, this presents a nice step up in quality, providing 24-bit 48Khz digital audio from just about any 3.5mm TRS or TRRS microphone. To use your headphones via the USB port, follow the steps below Connect your headphones (or mic or speakers) to the correct input port on the converter. Having the signal converted to digital inside the Rode AI-Magic (or taking a straight digital USB feed out from the VideoMic NTG or Wireless GO II) means that you bypass those preamps completely, eliminating any noise they would otherwise generate in your audio. A converter can be used with a stand-alone mic, a set of speakers with a single audio pin, a headset that has a separate pin for audio input and output. This introduces noise – commonly heard as an underlying hiss throughout your recording.Īnd like many DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, smartphones and laptops typically have pretty crappy preamps inside them. When you feed them an analogue audio signal, it has to run it through a preamp to get the signal to a level it’s happy with. What is the point of a digital USB audio device? What’s wrong with just plugging straight into the microphone socket of your laptop or the headphone jack cable that came with your smartphone? Well, it’s the same issue we havef with cameras.

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